{"product_id":"things-that-disappear","title":"Things that Disappear","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Jenny Erpenbeck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: New Directions (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe bestselling and award-winning German author Jenny Erpenbeck has gained international praise for her novels including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVisitation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKairos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGo, Went, Gone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThings That Disappear \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an exciting collection of interlinked miniature prose pieces that grapple with the phenomenon of disappearance on scales both large and small. The things that disappear in these pages range from everyday objects such as socks and cheese to close friends and the social norms of common courtesy, to sites and objects resonant with East German history, such as the Palace of the Republic or the lines of sight now blocked by new construction in Berlin. Erpenbeck asks: “Is there a perpetrator who makes things that I know and cherish disappear?” These things disappear, and yet do they really? Do they remain in our memories more fully than if they continued to exist? Translated beautifully by Kurt Beals, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThings That Disappear \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003efollows on the heels of Erpenbeck’s Booker Prize–winning novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKairos \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand offers a window into a renowned writer’s sense of the past, and of her own self as a writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43998441767011,"sku":"9780811238113","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/image_26affd94-73d3-4345-8cc3-fb7c62f45a0d.png?v=1770854166","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/things-that-disappear","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}